5 §3360. Definitions
Title 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
Part 9: CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE HEADING: PL 1969, C. 465 (NEW); 1975, C. 425, §1 (AMD)
Chapter 316-A: VICTIMS' COMPENSATION FUND HEADING: PL 1991, C. 806, §3 (NEW)
§3360. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [1991, c. 806, §3 (NEW).]
1. Board. "Board" means the Victims' Compensation Board as established in section 12004-J, subsection 11.
[ 1991, c. 806, §3 (NEW) .]
2. Bodily injury.
[ 1999, c. 360, §1 (RP); 1999, c. 360, §9 (AFF) .]
2-A. Catastrophic injury. "Catastrophic injury" means an extremely serious injury that may result in permanent disability or a long-lasting medical condition.
[ 2009, c. 79, §1 (NEW) .]
3. Crime. "Crime" means one of the following:
A. Offenses against the person as described in Title 17-A, chapter 9; [1991, c. 806, §3 (NEW).]
B. Sexual assaults as described in Title 17-A, chapter 11; [1991, c. 806, §3 (NEW).]
C. Kidnapping and criminal restraint as described in Title 17-A, chapter 13; [1991, c. 806, §3 (NEW).]
D. Robbery as described in Title 17-A, chapter 27; [1997, c. 378, §1 (AMD).]
E. Operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with an excessive alcohol level, as described in Title 29-A, section 2411; [2009, c. 447, §1 (AMD).]
F. An act of terrorism, as defined in United States Code, Title 18, Section 2331, committed outside of the United States against a resident of this State; [2005, c. 22, §1 (AMD).]
G. Leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving personal injury or death, in violation of Title 29-A, section 2252; or [2009, c. 336, §1 (AMD).]
H. Sexual exploitation of a minor as described in Title 17-A, chapter 12. [2009, c. 336, §2 (AMD).]
I. [2009, c. 336, §3 (RP).]
[ 2009, c. 336, §§1-3 (AMD); 2009, c. 447, §1 (AMD) .]
4. Eligible expenses and losses. "Eligible expenses and losses" means expenses and losses resulting from a personal injury sustained by an individual as a direct result of a crime specified in subsection 3 and may include medical and medically related expenses, psychological or mental health counseling expenses, lost wages , funeral , burial and other homicide-related expenses and travel expenses and loss of income of a claimant or family member for providing or obtaining care for the personal injury of a minor or incapacitated victim. "Eligible expenses and losses" may include costs of eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures or other prosthetic devices taken, lost, destroyed or damaged as a result of the crime, costs to repair , replace or install locks or security devices , costs of crime scene cleanup and security deposits. Expenses and losses claimed under this subsection must be expenses or losses actually and reasonably incurred.
[ 2009, c. 79, §2 (AMD) .]
5. Family or household member. "Family or household member" means: the parent, stepparent, sibling, grandparent, spouse, child or stepchild of a victim or a person who bears an equally significant relationship to the victim; or a person who at the time or discovery of the crime was living in the household of the victim or who previously had lived in the household of the victim for a period of not less than 2 years.
[ 2003, c. 243, §3 (AMD) .]
6. Personal injury. "Personal injury" means bodily injury as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 5 or psychological injury incurred by a victim who has sustained the threat of bodily injury.
[ 1999, c. 360, §3 (NEW); 1999, c. 360, §9 (AFF) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1991, c. 806, §3 (NEW). 1995, c. 65, §§A153,C15 (AFF). 1995, c. 65, §A8 (AMD). 1997, c. 378, §§1-4 (AMD). 1999, c. 360, §§1-3 (AMD). 1999, c. 360, §9 (AFF). 2003, c. 243, §§1-3 (AMD). 2005, c. 22, §§1-3 (AMD). 2007, c. 684, Pt. E, §§1-3 (AMD). 2007, c. 684, Pt. H, §1 (AFF). 2009, c. 79, §§1, 2 (AMD). 2009, c. 336, §§1-3 (AMD). 2009, c. 447, §1 (AMD).